Esfarayen

Welcome to Esfarayen

Distantly overshadowed to the south by the hefty peak of Mt Shahjahan, and snuggled against colourful, crumpled badlands to the east, Esfarayen sits at the edge of a wide flat plateau on which you'll find the gigantic ruined citadel site of Belqays (aka 'Old Esfarayen').

To the north, well beyond a string of steel factories, are a series of settlements retaining a fair proportion of mud houses, including tiny Araghi, just 1km off the Bojnurd Hwy, and the more celebrated stepped village of Roein (26km).

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